Chakaman's customs, mods and repaints

[TheGent]

Chack, one quick question: Numb's white (or lightgrey?) jumpsuit - where is it from?

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks guys.

Chack, one quick question: Numb's white (or lightgrey?) jumpsuit - where is it from?

Gent, its just the orange Hasbro X-Wing pilot suit painted white. I still need to finish him. It was difficult painting white over orange, lots of watered down coats.

 

[galactiboy]

Ackbar is looking great! He's always been a personal favorite of mine

 

[barryo]

crabman is awesome...........

you did a great job mounting the parts to the body.............love it.

 

[AndreTK421]

Love it Love it Love it Great job with Ackbar,he looks amazing Chaka!

 

[sithlord13]

The gent
I need to check my parts bin but I might have a hand made white suit knocking about if you're interested
If you check my album you can see my custom wearing one

 

[elar]

I love Ackbar! My fav character and after your care he is spectacular! I hope in future I can make him like this one!

Thanks man, I had thought of something like that. I just decided to take a cheap body and dremmel off the forearms.



Here are a couple shots of Ackbar. I started to make the pattern for his smock. Duane sent me some leather a couple weeks ago and I think its going to work great.

 

[Chakaman]

Cheers guys!!

 

[Crimsonbob]

I cant imagine there being a much better Ackbar than that

 

[elar]

I cant imagine there being a much better Ackbar than that

I only agree!

 

[Dorgmal Snow]

he look so much better with out the fluffy tabard!! Nice one!

 

[Chakaman]

Thanks CBob, Elar and Dorgs, I appreciate it guys.

While chatting with Duane (Enaud) this afternoon, I was trying to get my head around the collar on Ackbar's smock. I am trying to get a pattern down and then cut the pattern into the leather smock.

Here is what I have so far today....

Its getting there, lots of trial and error. Duane, I sure am glad you sent me loads of this leather stuff. Thanks!

 

[elar]

I fall in love with him....really.......damn, I need girlfriend!

 

[Chakaman]

A couple shots of my Nabrun Leids work in progress....

 

[big guy]

Ackbar looks fantastic Chris and your Nabrun Leids is looking smashing.
So when are you making your Cantina then lol

 

[TheGent]

What are Nabrun's boots, where you got them from?

 

[speedyweasel]

What are Nabrun's boots, where you got them from?

Looks to be Hasbro boots painted white? off like a jedi Luke or Han solo ?

 

[Chakaman]

Yup, they are the Hasbro Admiral Ackbar boots. I was going for the bigger more "spacey" looiking boot. Hasbro's are bigger than the WW2 boots I normally use.

 

[speedyweasel]

Yup, they are the Hasbro Admiral Ackbar boots. I was going for the bigger more "spacey" looiking boot. Hasbro's are bigger than the WW2 boots I normally use.

They fit him well, same way I like the Snowtrooper boot on the Snow trooper just cuz they got that "im a warm boot" look to them lol but they can stand a little paint to spruce them up

 

[Chakaman]

So I began attaching the second set of arms today. I cut a hole in the suit and dremmelled a notch in the body. I then used sculpy and pressed it into the notch/side of the body. I then pressed the arm into the sculpy on the other side. I then took the sculpy with the impressions and fired it to harden it. I then glued the piece of hardened sculpy to the body. Then I glued the arm to the sculpy piece. The sculpy serves as the joint so to speak.

I have up and down articulation which is all I am looking for.

I used Medicom Jango Fett arms.

I then sleeved it using sleeves from a second Greedo suit I had..

I will repeat this process with the right set of arms.